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June 26, 2017

Distance to Disney

Here's something fun to do while on your next trip: Take a picture of your favorite spot and then use the GPS information to get the distance to your home. Use that information to make a custom sign for your room or playground space.

Step 2: Getting the Location from your Play space to Disney

Here's how to find the GPS location of a photo on the iPhone.

You will need to download the photo from the iPhone, as there isn't a way to get the GPS coordinates numbers that you need for this project. You can download the photo to Apple's Photo App, or use Google Photos.

Getting the GPS information on a photo in Photos

You can't get the detail GPS numbers in Apple Photos. Apple will only show you the map where the picture was taken. That doesn't help us. So we need to export the picture and use the View Info from the Finder.

Open up Photos App

Find the Image that you took in Step #1

Export the Image to the Desktop (Note: Drag and Drop doesn't copy the location information!)

Make sure to select the Location Information on the Export

Select the image and then Command-I to open up the Image Info

Expand the 'More Info' in the Info dialog and you should see the Latitude and Longitude information.

Copy that information down.

Note: To get the Compass Direction, open up the image in Preview and the type Command-I

Repeat the above steps with your destination image. (You should have a couple of points)

Getting the GPS information on a photo in Google Photos

Open up Google Photos.

Find the Image that you took in Step #1

Click on the Photo

Click on the 'i' on the top right of the page. (or press the 'i' key)

You should see some coordinates on the right panel, such as " 28.42, -81.583"

Repeat the above steps with your destination image. (You should have a couple of points)

Step 3: Calculating the distance

You do have choices when it comes to calculating the distance. These should all give you the same results:

Step 4: Get your sign!

About this Blog Series

Every Monday, we'll post some tips and tricks that will make your next Disney experience extra magical. Expect to learn some information on some of the most popular rides in Disney World and Disneyland.